0 comments by Michael A. De Leon on 5/9/2011
Game Four: (1) Chicago Bulls vs (5) Atlanta Hawks, Phillips Arena Final Score: Hawks 100, Bulls 88 In game four, the Hawks looked to target the Bulls’ strengths in game three. While Derrick Rose still put up 34 points, he was only 12-of-32 from the field. The Hawks also closed out on the Bulls’ three-point […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 5/8/2011
The Dallas Mavericks are on the verge of sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers out of the playoffs today in Dallas. Mavericks fans are ecstatic that their team could be the team to end the Lakers’ reign and send them packing a bit earlier than expected. So with a sweep of the Lakers possibly happening today, […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
We were busy preparing for Mothers’ Day — you know getting flowers and making breakfast — so we neglected to recap Saturday’s games. Here is a quick rundown of what happened while you were busy pampering Mom. Game Three: (4) Oklahoma City Thunder vs (8) Memphis Grizzlies, FedEx Forum Final Score: Grizzlies 101, Thunder 93 Memphis trailed […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 5/7/2011
Now that the Orlando Magic’s season is over, and a looming NBA lockout approaching, Dwight Howard has signed with the Rebel Alliance in their efforts against the Empire and Darth Vader. In a statement made by Luke Skywalker, leader of the Rebel Alliance, Skywalker likes the addition of Howard but has some concerns: “We thought […]
0 comments by Surya Fernandez
Game Three: (1) Chicago Bulls vs (5) Atlanta Hawks, Phillips Arena Final Score: Bulls 99, Hawks 82 The Hawks came back to Atlanta feeling pretty good about themselves after stunning the Bulls with a Game 1 victory and hanging tough for the majority of Game 2. That didn’t appear to sit well with Derrick Rose who took […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 5/6/2011
Right now it sounds silly, but a few years ago, the hot debate at this time of year was whether the team that won the draft lottery should draft Ohio State’s Greg Oden, or Texas’ Kevin Durant. And as someone who was staunchly in the “draft Oden” camp, I feel especially silly. But the […]
0 comments by John Karalis
The season began with the promise of two behemoths… two all-time greats… destined to square off. The Lakers — two-time defending champs… fresh off exacting revenge against the Celtics were widely considered the class of the West. The Celtics — minutes away from their second title in three years had re-tooled their roster and […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
As if being down 2-0 to the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Semifinals wasn’t enough, the NBA has suspended Los Angeles Lakers’ Ron Artest for Game 3 of their series versus the Mavericks for “introducing” Mavericks’ JJ Barea to his forearm: Again, the Lakers are down 0-2 in the series and as the scene […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 5/5/2011
Kevin Love may play for the Timberwolves and surely isn’t at the forefront of the NBA’s mind right now. Minnesota has been out of the playoff picture since, well, January (maybe earlier). But even after the season has ended Love continues to, ahem, clean up. Right Guard named Love the NBA’s Best Smelling Player. How […]
0 comments by Brendan Bowers
There’s a whole thing here about perception, culture, tattoos, stereotypes, and what some people think about those who have tattoos that I don’t really want to get into. All I’ll say is that there are some people who think everybody who’s tatted up is in the Hells Angels or something, as an example. But just because A&E has effectively documented the fact that all […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
With the possibility of an NBA lockout happening with each passing day, NBA players might be starting to weigh their options should the lockout occur. One option is to play with foreign teams, something New Jersey Nets’ Deron Williams said recently: “I’m already looking into playing overseas,” said Williams, who was in Santa Monica, Calif., […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 5/4/2011
The Mavericks became the second straight team this year to defeat the Lakers in Los Angeles in the first game of a series. The Lakers found themselves down 1-0 to the Hornets in Round 1, but came back to win the series 4-2. However, in the highly anticipated conference semis matchup with the Dallas Mavericks, […]
0 comments by Michael A. De Leon
While NBA fans had to wait a year for Blake Griffin’s rookie campaign, he certainly made it worth the wait and he’ll cap it all off when he is announced as the winner of the 2010-11 NBA Rookie of the Year award. When he wasn’t dunking over economy cars and making it to SportsCenter’s Top […]
0 comments by Michael A. De Leon
In last night’s playoff action, one team evened the score, while another went up 2-0 with both series getting a change of scenery for the next two games. Game Two: (4) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. (8) Memphis Grizzlies, Oklahoma City Arena Final Score: Thunder 111, Grizzlies 102 Oklahoma City couldn’t risk losing another game to […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
On February 1, 2008, the NBA world was shocked by what had happened. Memphis had traded All-Star center Pau Gasol to Los Angeles for what many considered pennies on the dollar. Gasol was the Grizzlies’ only superstar and the trade turned the middling Lakers into a championship team. Many around the league wondered how a […]
